DON’T tell hard-charging Broad way producer Bill Haber that his play “The Pillowman” is going to lose the Tony Award to “Doubt.”

If you do, you’ll have your head handed to you.

That, apparently, is what happened Wednesday to one of Haber’s underlings, Nina Lannan, the general manager of “The Pillowman.”

At a marketing and strategy meeting for the show, production sources say Haber berated Lannon for nearly a half hour after she dared to suggest that “Doubt” had the edge in the Tony race.

In front of a dozen people, the producer screamed that there was “no place on this team” for anyone who did not believe “The Pillowman” was a great play that deserved the Tony.

People in the room were shocked at the ferocity of the outburst.

Haber is one of the odder ducks in a Broadway pond full of quackpots.

He attended the opening night party of his flop musical “Dance of the Vampires” dressed as Dracula.

When he learned that I was going to crash the first preview of that musical, he wanted to hire security guards to prevent me from entering the theater.

And he once sent a Darth Vadar mask to a theater lawyer, who, he believed, was meddling in one of his productions.

As word of Haber’s outburst spread through Shubert Alley yesterday, wags began calling him the “John Bolton of Broadway,” a reference to the controversial nominee for U.N. ambassador who has also been known to berate underlings.

Reached yesterday, Haber denied losing his temper with Lannan.

“I’ve not lost my temper in all the years I’ve been in this business,” said Haber, who, before landing on Broadway, made a fortune in Hollywood as one of the co-founders of Creative Artists Agency, along with Michael Ovitz.

“I love Nina. I have done four shows with her. I would never lose my temper with her.”

Lannan, a highly respected general manager who has run dozens of Broadway shows, did not return a call seeking comment.

Haber’s zeal to win the Tony for “The Pillowman” comes as a surprise to many people in the theater.

They say that until recently, the producer has been ambivalent about the play because of its subject matter: the torture and murder of children.

His ambivalence stems from the fact that he is the head of Save the Children, a worldwide charity that provides for children in need.

As the leader of an organization that saves children, Haber, sources say, has been reluctant to be closely associated with a play that kills them.

But Haber said that is not the case.

“About ‘The Pillowman,’ I have incredible regard for its artistic triumph,” he said. “And if it does win the Tony Award, I will be standing proudly on the stage, pushing everybody else away.”

That would be fun to see, but it’s not going to happen.

At the risking of being berated today by Haber, I have to report that “Doubt” has a lock on the Tony.

There is no way that the Broadway community is going to give a Tony to “The Pillowman,” a London import, rather than “Doubt,” a homegrown, critical and box office hit.

Haber should concentrate on the Tony prospects of his other show this season, “Spamalot.”

Although a gigantic box office hit, there seems to be a backlash brewing against the show.

At the Drama Critics Circle meeting this week, “Spamalot” only got one vote for Best Musical.